Bottle-capping machine.



E. JAGENBERG.

BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION TILED 0015, 1910.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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E. JAGENBERG.

BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLIGATIONJILED 00125, 1910.

Patented 001;. 22, 1912.

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B. JAGENBERG. BOTTLE OAPPI NG. MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0011.5, 1910.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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Specification of Letters iateht' Pater tgd @431 22,1912, I a lication filed catche s, 1916. semi no. 585,346.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL JAGENBERG, a citizen of the German Empire, and a resi dcntof Dusseldorf, Germany, have invented certain new .and useful' Improvements in Bottle-Capping Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for applying caps to bottles so as to cover the heads and stoppers thereof. r

The machine is so constructed that the feeding of the bottle together with the cap the Pr s ng of the cap against the bottle head and the removal of the capped bottle are automatically performed in a quick and reliable man- 'Fig.

ner.

. Iii the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a-frontelevation partly in section of a cappingmachine embodying my invention; 2 a detail of the bottle holding jaws; Fig. 2 a side elevation of the machine Fig. 3 aplan of part of the machine; Fig. 4 a side'view of a bottle capped by the machine Fig)- 5 detail ofthe sleeves carrying the cheeks;.Fig. 5 a side view of the bottle feeding means showing the movable railsraised; F ig. 6 a detail 'side view of the cape ping mechanism, and Fig. 7 a plan thereof.

- The feeding means for the bottles 1 to be capped comprises two fixed, rails 2, and two connected movable rails 3. The fixed rails, as well as. the movable rails are provided I with notched seats 41 arranged at equal displilley 30,3 0 that by latter, pulley or driver 29'will The cap is forced against the bo ttle head by means of rollers 17 revolving around the bottle, and against the same by endless rubber bands 17 or otherwise. Rollers 17 are ea mounted arms 18 arranged around acylindrical shaft, carrying a pulley 19. As shown two such shafts with pulleys 19 and arms 18 are provided, so that two bottles mav be capped'si'multaneously; The beam as ing s 22 for pulleys "19 j are mounted upon a slide engaging rails 21, andconstituting' l tension roller 23. Slide also a support for a I a cam 26 of shaft 11 by 20 is operated from a lever- 25 and a-link 24. .The contour of to cam 26 is such that it will so intermittently reciprocate the slide, that its movement toward the bottles takes place slowly,while its movement away from the bottles takes place quickly. 7 28, in which is journaled a shaft carrying aupulley the reception of rods 31 secured to a second the rotation of the tated. At the same time, pulley 29 is free to move towardor away from pulley 30, so I as to participate in the movement of slide 20 and bearing 28. From pulley 29, pulleys 19 are driven by a beltpassing over tension as roller .23.

To slide 20 is secured a cross. piece 33 carrying a plurality of perforated standards 33, within which sleeves 3 1 are adjustably secured by set screws 33.

a cheek 35 composed of rubber or'similar material. Rod 34* is provided with a collar 34 which is engaged by a spring 34 tending to maintain the rod in its extreme outer position, said outward play of the rod being limited by a screw 34 engaging a cor responding slot 34 of sleeve 34.

, Above the capping rollers 17 is journaled From slide 20 depends ahanger 75 29 This pulley is apertured for I also be to #3)- Within each so sleeve is slidably mounted 31061 3 1 carrying end of which straddles a countershaft 11 a shaft 36', to which are adjustably secured by an arm 37 a air ofangular rubber jaws or saddles 37 adapted to hold the bottles during the capping operation. To shaft 36 is further secured a lever 38 pivoted .to a link 39, which is composed of two other'bell crank so that in this, way rails 5 together with rails 3 are alternately raised lowered by arms 6. For actuating the driving bell crank, itis provided with an arm 9 connected torod 10, the lower forked and carries a roller 13 engaging a cam 12 on yieldingly connected. telescoping sections,

, I when rails 5 and 3 are in their raised posi-- and provided with a roller adapted toengagea cam 40 of shaft 11.

After the caps have been seated upon the bottles, the latter are placed at the leftend oithe machine 2) upon the seats 1 of rails 2.. By cam 12, rod 10 is alternately said shaft. In order to impart a longi-' tudinal reciprooative movement to rails 3 tion, one of the rails 3'is by link 14 con nected to a two arm lever 15 carrying a. cam roller that engages a cam 16 of shaft 11.-

Copies of this patent may he obtained for advanced and retracted, so that through arms 6, the rails: 5. and the superposed rails 3 are alternately ised and lowered. Rails 3 thus engage with their notches, bottles 1 and raise them out of the notches of rails 2, and above the latter. At this moment, rails 3 are by cam 16,- lever 15 and link 14: moved toward the right (Fig. 2) so that the bottles are advanced for the distance of two notches along rails 2. The movable'rails 3 now descend owing to the cooperation of cam 12 and rod 10, so-that the bottles are placed into the corresponding seats of rails 2. Rails 3 are then shifted toward the left as indicated by the arrow Fig. 2, whereupon the operation is repeated. As soon asthe.

bottles have been placed into the seats of rails 2, shaft 36 is partly turned by cam 40, so that arm 37 with its jaws 37 is depressed to yieldingly hold the bottles to their seats after having arrived at the capping device. In order to permit two hottlesv of different, thicknesses to be uniformly held by the two jaws 37, the bolt which connects arm 37 with jaws 87, has. a play in the aperture receiving the same, so that the jaws may be tilted (Fig. 2 Slide 20 with bearings 22, hanger 28 and the shafts journaled therein is now slowly moved toward the bottles, sothat the rotating rollers 17 are projected overthe bottle heads and will press the caps tightly against the same and the stopper. Arm 33 participates in the movement of slide 20', so that cheeks 35 will press the caps against the tops of the bottles resting on rails 2 prior to their arrival at the capping device proper. "The bottles engage with their bottoms a rail 46, which prevents the same from axial displacement during the advance of cheeks and during the operation of the capping device. Slide 20 is finally retracted, and rails 3 are again acvtua'ted to remove the capped bottles from the capping device and feed new bottles toward the same.

Behind the bottle feeding rails is arranged a feed chain carrying blocks 41 to which the bottles are delivered. The bottles are accommodated between the blocks 41, which sustain them at equal distances upon the chain. The chain delivers the bottles to a -labeling machine or similar device (not shown).

Shaft 11 is preferably operated by a transmission 42 and 43. Pulley 30 that ro-- tates the capping rollers is preferably operated through a special belt, or by an elcc tromotor it or similar apparatus.

In place of pressing the caps against the the arm and adapted to engage the tops of the bottles to be capped and a plurality of cap- P ranged back of the cheeks.

I EMIL JAGENBERG.

lNitnesses J osnrrr FROHN, KATHERYNE KOCH.

five cents each, by, addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, 13.3.

the character described,

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